USA: Study Finds That Heart Attacks In Non-smokers Decreased With Smoking Ban - Topix | Thread profile

enough wrote: <quoted text> An 3.5x increase in artery lesions when mice are switched from normal diet to the diet including alcohol doesn't exactly jibe with Dr. Bailey's assertion that "moderate alcohol consumption is commonly thought to be cardioprotective" - the increased risk from +alcohol leads to 50% more arterial lesions than +SHS (2.3x). Enough with the drive-by postings, Mouse. You posted...

CONTINUED: There have been several other initiatives designed to reduce heart attacks in Scotland recently, and any or all might also have played a part. If we look at all heart attacks, rather than just emergency admissions, the fall last year according to the official data was slightly smaller again - about 7%- against falls in the past three years on this measure typically of about 4%. Rise and fall Scotland's deputy chief medical...

Here's another interesting study on the damage done by second hand smoke damaging the heart. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312600,00...

An interesting letter in BMJ on heart attack studies: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/328/7452/...

"An Indiana University study found that after a countywide smoking ban was implemented, hospital admissions for heart attacks dropped 70 percent for non-smokers, but not for smokers." 70%!!!!!!!!! I believe this is the first study that discriminates between smokers and non-smokers with regards heart attacks. A 70% drop in heart attack admissions in non-smokers coinciding with the introduction of new smoking regulations? Darn...

Eric, we've been seeing similar studies come out for a while, beginning, I believe, with the Helena study. They've all been debunked. The one in Scotland, you know, the one where the results were released but the study never was, was just shot full of holes by the offical figures that covered ALL of Scotland and not just a few well selected hospitals. Another one in the US was compared with the figures from a neighbouring state that...

More BS not worth my time...

PU! Such blatant BS

DryCow wrote: PU! Such blatant BS Welcome back Indian lady,we have missed you and your lengthy, caustic comments. LOL Keep enjoying life and have a great Thanksgiving !

Justined wrote: The Rest of the Story by DR. MICHAEL SIEGEL To be blunt, this study is crappy and its conclusions are completely invalid. This study would never have passed scrutiny with me had I been asked to review it. In fact, the results of the study fail to support the paper's conclusion. While the press release sounds quite impressive, if you take the time to read the actual study, you'll find that the sweeping conclusion that...